Private Messages Enhancements - Private message Animation

This cool little mod will simply enhance and add some fun to your Private Message alert and adds a little flash animation to the bottom right corner of your board. The flash mail box can then be clicked and will redirect to your private message box. Animation is based on forum home page but can easily be added to display on any page required or indeed every page and will dissapear when mailbox is read.

Added new MSN Style Pop up alert box


There are three animations you can use. including msn style pop up alert box

If anyone has a different path and needs this altering in the swf and fla please post and i will arrange this asap - thanks



Edit template - FORUMHOME

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PHP Code:

{vb:raw footer} 


After add

PHP Code:

<!-- mail -->
<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[pmunread]">
<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:-40px;right:-20px;" title="Click Here - new message!">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 
   data="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf" 
    width="150" height="250">
     <param name="movie" value="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf" />
   <param name="quality" value="high"/>
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
 </object>
</vb:if>
<!-- end of mail --> 


Save template

Upload - the relevant swf to your forum root

Note: the flash file target url is based on the relative path of

/forum/private.php although this can be changed via the fla

Demo can be seen via the site ............ HERE

Tested on ie,ff and Safari 4


added alternative swf animated mail character - choose either for your notification

+++ Updated and added "you-got-mail.swf" to suit any board using "forums" in path +++

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MSN Style Pop up Alert Added to Alert (including sound)

Same idea code below in the same place as above (use this for msn style pop up alert)

PHP Code:

<!-- mail --> 
<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[pmunread]"> 
<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:1px;left:3px;" title="Click Here - new message!"> 
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"  
   data="/path-to-your/msn-popup.swf"  
    width="148" height="119"> 
     <param name="movie" value="/path-to-your/msn-popup.swf" /> 
   <param name="quality" value="high"/> 
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> 
 </object> 
</vb:if> 
<!-- end of mail --> 


The MSN Alert can be seen on the youtube clip here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0tz8TWH4MM
(sound not on video clip)

or login on
username: msn
password: pass123
use the demo-mods stlye at the bottom of site to view test message

path to private.php is set at: /forum/private.php
(The fla is attatched also if the path needs changing on msn-popup.swf)



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[revmitchell]

Originally Posted by basilrath

Ok ...............

I have rectified the code and the animated pm works fine as the image shows below - it is also directed to your inbox when clicked.



Remember you have many styles in your admin cp and the "default" is a parent of the others

if a style you have added is not a "parent" the code will have to be added to that particular style

hope this helps and is fixed

No one including me is seeing it. We are seeing the normal vb pop up window indicating we have a pm and that is all.

[basilrath]

isolate all styles firstly

and set default as the main style

Then try

I am seeing it and i have tried this on 3 units i use including mac so its not a code problem

[revmitchell]

I have eliminated all styles and no one is seeing it. I have no idea how you are. Puzzling

[basilrath]

im assuming you have flash ?

[revmitchell]

Originally Posted by basilrath

im assuming you have flash ?

We alll have it

[basilrath]

and you realise its not on the cms page? only forum page unless coded different?

[revmitchell]

Originally Posted by basilrath

and you realise its not on the cms page? only forum page unless coded different?

I have only looked for it on the forum page. If you go here you will see in the shout box a members response to my question as to whether he has seen it.

I did have a "pop up" box in the middle of the screen that informed me I had a message. That what you mean?

[revmitchell]

You know what, I have taken up to much of your time and mine on this. Thanks for all your help.

[basilrath]

Disable the pop up for pms it maybe a conflict although when i have logged in as you i get the pm animation no problems so strange .........

[basilrath]

sulasno:

I wish someone would create a you-got-mail.swf

What is it you mean ............. there are swf's in the zip